Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1887-04-19

JOnn, Nhle Joseph, WIN DraCon oumhet
aud his wife brough, up the rear.
Ga their arrival home. a bouniifal sup
per was provided. The "f.,,ed calf"
had been killed and elaborate prepara.
tons made. I, !. needless TO say that
all did ample justice TO the brown bread.
baked pork aud beans, Indian pudding.
pumpkin aud minee pies. 1, VAS the
Thanksgiving Of the Taylor family. and
never before had they 90 heartily observed
Il.
Ia the evening = number Of their
neishbor. called. and among them ~.
the good minister. Who came 70 offer bis
coo ngraiulalions upon the safe return OF
Deacon Tsylor's .on'. lie ". warmly
greeted by the brothers
"Who will tell us the story OF the
siege aud the charge Of Col. Lspham ?!
said Mr. Hooper. after questions Of health
and other matters had been fully talked
about.
"s.m /. thur man ,u du ,hs,." an.
.~er,d J,rsmiAh S~iPes.
"Ba, samuel i. too f.,isued," replied
hi. mother. "I.s, Mr.. S~iPes OF Jacob
relate H."
"wal. Jake. Jsoa tell bout thur zig
in ginr.l. al reckon "a heow | kin tell
"a good = ,iory NV eoar rush onto thur
wuk. Nv thur redku,. ca enay Nv ye."
Mod,.,ly and wi,hou, any effort al
display. Jacob related how the Amsri.
cans. under the gres, Washington and
the Mnqui. de Lafayette. had hemmed
to Cofn~alli. a. yorktown. while the
British feet under Admiral Graves had
been lur,d away. Ho~ there W. no
alternative left the British general bu, 10
,hro~ up work. aud stand q siege. I'LL
Sir Henry Cliaion At Ne~ York should
come 10 hi, relief. How Washington
feared the coming Of Clinton aud has.
tened the siege. How the bomb.rdment
opened on the 10th day OF October. and
"a. ho,ly pressed. OF the frui,Ie's 'or-
tie Of the british on the 18th; the
.,ismp, Of Cornw.llis TO cross to Glou
e,.,sr Point, which was bsfli.d by the
fury Of ~ind aud wave; Of the da~nins
of the l7Ik. when . cannon .ho, from the
American line. plossd through the head.
quarter, Of the British commander, who.
having looked in vain fOr the coming OF
Clinton. and seeing no escape for his
troops. ordered the white lag to be raised
aud the surrender of the whole British
army on the l9.h Of oc,ober.
When be had flashed. the praises Of
Washington and L,isye,,e ~ers heard
on every hand through the little assembly.
"Now, Mr.. S-ipes. Jet us hear whs,
the men Of Capt, Jones'. company did,,
said Mr HOoPsr.
Jeremiah h.d been getting impatient
for hi. turn 20 come. lie Strengthened
himself up. kemmsd two OF three times
to clear hi. throat. rsn his hnssr through
hi. hair. aud began:
"l, -ur prime thing. an no mistake.
Na,hin' like IL ia thur hull .is S,ony
Pin, want enny~hM kamp.red With u.
Ye see /, wuK ns.ssry "a take q ba,,ry IN
thur British wuks ta tx eour lines. an .
dst.ehmsn, undsr Kannel L,phsm vur
.'ec,ed ,u ksp,ur H. Wal. eoar kumpny
wuI thur best in IA old Bay State. an
they tux u. Nv course. Sem an l ~uE
.nk.hu, ,u 70, ba, Jake didn', say enny.
thing .beout IL. tho when he did si'
fairly in,u thur fie he ~uf thar With
thar res, NV u.. Jake giis bis blud up
slower, but when IL. rir. ye sin depend
upon him evry time. CsP'n Jones formed
hi, kampnsy in ,u pla,oon'. al st We
moved silently thru thur darkness, not .
man wuz lowed to speak word. when
~e KUN ia thur r,dOut. we gut bull
broad.ide from thare cannon. an we
sprung rite on ,u ,hare BATHS. A red
kui le,eled hi, gun q, Kunnel L,pham.
Who wuE ahead u sll bis men, an Sam
lesped ,z quick sE li,enin' an knoci thur
gun away. Thur Kannel would hev ben
shot, sure. ef IL hedn't ben fur Sam.
Je., ,z be knoe, thur Bh,lshers gun
away, = noiIi,er bit him a kui with his
sword, rite over thur he'd. which laid Sam
eou,. an no sooner said an dun. an !
up an le, him hev IL. We though, Sam
wuz dsd. and didn', stop ,u pick him
up; an Jake an | male up our mins
,a svenge him. an we wen, !. rite an
lsft fur EN-. /, wuz han tu han meow
for sum mini,s. Da yeou see iha. hole
in my old hat. an that wun In my
briehe. ?" he asked. in,erup,ins the
thread OF his narrative to point them out
to the company.
"wal, I reckon s heow bed British
led sho, into EN-. bat Il didn't happen 'u
rake thur hide. Thur f,e was sharp.
but We licked. When Jake an went
,u look for Sans buddy, We found he
had KUN tu, 90 We tux him back to quar-
ter. and bed hi. bed dun up. Thur
Kannel wur glad ,u fnd Sam alive, an
did everything be could tu make him
easy. Sam 1, . good deal better than .
dead man. sin't ye. Sam ?" AZ he asked
,hi, question. be wibked one eye, and
nodded significantly toward Eliza Jane,
Who So, eagerly catching every word that
fell from the soldiers lips
Samuel did no, think s~ipes's s'idsn,
allusion called for any reply, and he said
nothing in response. Her admiration
for jeremiah had. however, risen TO great
proportions. and the tall. shrewd Yankee
could no, help seeing how the wind blew
in iha, quarter. ss he termed it. When
the visitors wen, home S~ipes and Eliza
Jane somehow managed to 20 out OF the
house together. Making his mos, polite
bow and offering his arm. he ssid
"Shel Jeremiah hev thur pleasure
She didn't wai, to hear the rest OF the
sentence.
"of course ye shell" Was the quick
response.
"whst du ye s'pose Jim will thiak Nv
this, when he hears ont 2" WAS he first
question. a. they sauntered towards
home.
"La sakes. Mr. Swipes. what da i
care about him = she replied.
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